The University of South Florida Public Art Program announced the installation of a new permanent site-specific sculpture by artist Tomás Saraceno in the Interdisciplinary Sciences Building designed by Yann Weymouth (design architect of The Dali) on the USF Tampa campus. Caelum Dust (2016) is comprised of three network modules, of varying scale, that span the atrium creating a complex and dynamic dialogue within the architectural space. Forming an artistic pattern of interconnectedness and a bridge between disciplines, the sculptural modules may resemble nuclei, neuron networks, spider web formations, nebulous structures or asterisms set in the firmament. Saraceno's ongoing research of spiders and their webs serve as a structural metaphor to describe how matter is dispersed in the Universe, forming interwoven filaments of galaxies, stars and planets, or the cosmic web. The installation casts kaleidoscopic reflections through iridescent dichroic panels that change color as the viewer moves through the space. The evolving transformation of perceiving the artwork makes the aesthetic experience a synesthetic moment, during which one discovers the gamut and boundaries of our sensorial and perception. Saraceno was born in Argentina and currently lives and works in Berlin. His work has been widely exhibited internationally and is included in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York; SFMOMA, San Francisco and Walker Art Center, Minneapolis among others. For more information on this project visit:
http://tomassaraceno.com/